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So somebody gave me an old PC that they wipped the hard drive on and somebody else gave me a Win XP SP2 disk that came with their Dell PC. Loaded XP on they PC but when I went to activate it came back and with the error that the key that was entered was invalid. Tried the key from the mini-setup on the CD and it did not work.

Does anyone have a way to bypass the Windows activation so that it will not expire in 30 days.

The way I do it:

1) Get a Corporate version of XP - it doesn't require activation. I think a corporate version was on here somewhere.
2) Get an XP keygen - generate some keys.
3) Install.
4) Bypass WGA so you can update: http://www.9down.com/Windows-Genuine-Ad ... ked-23804/
5) Install a firewall and antivirus before you connect to the net to update. Fresh install XP gets owned in minutes on a network without NAT.

I'm not home right now so I don't have access to my usual stash of goodies that may assist you.

Everything you need (sans a working key which isn't hard at all) you can get here:

http://www.ayhja.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=299&t=14753

Any XP key you can find should work, but Home keys will not work with Pro keys and so forth...

Thanks for the help. I'll give it a try, probably over the weekend.

Once you get that kit, if you need a key give me a buzz...With the kit, you just copy and paste your new key into it, reboot, and you should be good to go...